Tag: farming
As national elections draw closer, millions of farmers facing economic despair...
As India’s agrarian crisis deepens, so too will the social unrest, which may force future elected officials to take action on the growing demands of India’s powerful rural populace.
EPA grants bee-killing pesticide ’emergency’ approval; a ‘routine abuse of emergency...
"The EPA is routinely misusing the 'emergency' process to get sulfoxaflor approved because it's too toxic to make it through normal pesticide reviews."
They rescued pigs and turkeys from factory farms – and now...
It’s an alarming example of the power of the animal agriculture industry, the confluence of interests between industry and law enforcement, and the appalling treatment of animals in industrial agricultural production.
A new economic model for the South: Ditch corporate welfare and...
“With modest increases in public investment in technical support and start-up capital … cooperatives could greatly expand into new markets, employ significant numbers of people, and contribute healthier food to their communities.”
In the race to achieve zero hunger and mitigate climate change,...
"In the race to beat food insecurity, achieve zero hunger, and address climate change, we must pay attention to the soil."
Women get a voice in conventional agriculture
HarvestHER seeks to recognize the important role that females have played in the male-dominated harvesting industry and establish a community for well-being.
5 people died from eating lettuce, but Trump’s FDA still won’t...
The FDA’s lack of urgency dumbfounds food safety scientists.
House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not...
"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."
Farming as resistance
Threatened by a mining company, indigenous women in the remote highlands of Guatemala are marching, increasing productivity, and planting trees.
Bayer, Monsanto merger gets green light from the DOJ
A proposed merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto passed a United States regulatory hurdle despite opposition from various food and farm groups.
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The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
The compulsion to intervene
Americans profess to care about the sacrifices of those who serve the nation in uniform. Why don’t we care enough to keep them from harm in the first place?
The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?
Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers
"The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."
If pushing pardons for savage Jan. 6 seditionists isn’t unpardonable, what is?
Abusive pardons of the most serious crimes represent the great terrorist threat to self-government.